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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Reference

Maximize (Choice)

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Description

Maximize is an action choice that enlarges a window to its largest possible size. If appropriate, the Maximize choice may also be represented by a maximize button in the title bar of a window.

When to Use

Required
Provide a Maximize choice in the window menu when a user can change the size of a window.

Guidelines

Required
Enlarge the window to the largest size possible for the current view when the user chooses Maximize from the window menu or its associated window icon.

Required
Before maximizing a window, save its state (including its size and position) for use when the window is restored.

Required
Do not make the Maximize choice available when the window is maximized.

Recommended
If the user does not override the default maximum size of the window, make it smaller than the size of the workspace.

Required
If you provide a Maximize choice, also provide a maximize button that implements the Maximize choice on the title bar when the window is not currently maximized, and the user has not specified otherwise.

Required
Replace the maximize button with a restore button that implements the Restore choice when a window is maximized.

Essential Related Topics

For more information, see the Window Menu reference page.

Supplemental Related Topics

For more information, see the Minimize (Choice), Restore (Choice), and Size (Choice) reference pages.

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